Amid the losing in this sorry season it was a case of United We Stand for the Giants. But not any longer.

The “playing for pride’’ theme apparently did not make its way into the hearts and minds of those who get paid to play offense for the Giants, as the whole bunch of them — starting with ringleader Eli Manning, who threw a career-high five interceptions — was so dismal in Sunday’s 23-0 loss to the Seahawks that Tom Coughlin called the performance “pathetic.’’ Can there be a more harsh indictment?

Well, yes, and safety Antrel Rolle was the one to deliver the verbal forearm shiver to those on the other side of the ball.

“If you don’t have passion about this game you don’t need to be out there on the field,” Rolle said, adding, “Sometimes out there it looked like we didn’t have a pulse.’’

And yes, Rolle made it clear he wasn’t talking about his defensive unit.

“You all saw the game,’’ Rolle said. “I don’t have to say anything. This is not about pointing fingers, it’s not about tit for tat, but it is what it is. If you saw the same you know exactly what you saw.’’

Rolle never named names but apparently the criticism touched a nerve with tight end Brandon Myers, who took to Twitter a few hours after the game to write: “If ppl on this team wanna take shots at me and say I have no passion they are mistaken. I give everything I have each and every week.’’

Myers later tweeted, “My emotions got the best of me.”

It is going to be a long final two weeks for the Giants, who officially will have their first losing season since 2004.

On display at MetLife Stadium — the crowd was announced at 79,692 but there were rows and rows of empty seats — was a team primed for a Super Bowl run in the Seahawks (12-2) and a team primed for big changes (the 5-9 Giants) engage in one of the most lopsided 23-point margins in NFL history. On defense, the Giants were certainly competitive against Russell Wilson and Marshawn Lynch, but this was never a contest.

The Giants did not venture into Seattle territory until only 7:08 remained in the game. Early in the third quarter the Giants had 44 total yards. They were shut out at home for the first time since 1995 and have been shut out twice this season — the first time since 1996 that’s happened — and no other team in the league has been shut out even once this season.

Not upsetting the Seahawks is one thing, but looking like a group of offensive misfits is quite another.

“I told the players who prepared and gave great effort that I appreciated what they did,’’ Coughlin said of his postgame message, “and I told those that were obvious they had not, that I felt sorry for them because they’re missing the whole point.’’

Coughlin said more than that. He stood up in front of his team and took the blame for this game but was actually interrupted by Rolle, who wasn’t having any of that falling on the sword from the man in charge.

“Coach Coughlin can’t take any of this blame,’’ Rolle said. “I won’t allow that. Coach Coughlin, he’s the coach but he can’t coach heart. He can’t make a player have heart, he can’t make a player have passion about this game and that’s what we were lacking out there today.’’

Former Giants great Lawrence Taylor told The Post on Saturday he believes it is time for Coughlin to be fired. Coughlin is not believed to be in any danger of getting dismissed and Rolle’s strong support was not the only endorsement of the head coach.

“We have his back. We want to make sure we play as hard as we can for him,’’ defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka said. “The thing I would say is coach Coughlin touched on it, if guys weren’t out there giving 100 percent effort then that’s what I have a problem with.’’

Manning’s effort is probably not in question, but his ability to throw the ball has gone awry. He’s never before thrown five interceptions in a game and that one was on a Hail Mary at the end of the first half isn’t the issue. He’s up to 25 on the season, matching his 2010 career high.

“It’s no fun when you get dominated like that,’’ Manning said, “when you get beat and you can’t get anything going offensively.’’

If you watched the game, the Seattle d line was taking the o lines lunch money.

You want to critisize him for the pick he threw at Meyers, be my guest. Nicks and Cruz were no where to be found. Eli is not a great athlete. If you move him off his spot, he has a hard time. Just like his brother and Brady or any other pocket passer. A lot of the ints are an effort to make plays. Its the o line. It's been neglected too long

Nix seemed to be all smiles yesterday. Apparently he had a lot friends on the Seahawk side of the ball. Big funny guy Hakeem is. Funny those corners ate his lunch, and he giggled with them after every pick. WTF ??!!

That p*****k plus Brewer can take a f*********g hike today for all I care.

They started to quit last week and they completed it this week. Stop hanging your head Eli and be a man. This team hasn't had a leader since Michael Strahan and it shows. I have been a Giant fan since 1956 and never have seen such a pitiful performance

Kill the Killdrive and get rid of Sean Ryan and bring back Mike Sullivan. And then Eli will be brilliant again. The Giants need to heavily recruit Pete Carmichael Jr. form the Saints. They know how to use their players.

The "O" line is horrible. The "D" line is very soft at times. Time to re-tool. And Eli needs to WTFU and start playing with a little passion. Look in the mirror , team. Nicks needs to go. He's mailing it in. Finished last with you, can finish last without you.

The defense needs to STFU. Last year and the beginning of this year when the defense was giving up 40+ points a game, did anyone hear the Offense calling out the defense? Of course not they knew that it wouldn't help the the team.

For all the blame Eli is getting, most of it is deserved, the one thing that keeps getting left out in this is the entirely way too predictable offense run by Kevin Killdrive, every team coming to play us knows what's coming and when, the guy hasn't changed anything in 20 years. He still runs out the same TECMO bowl offense week in and week out. Every pass play is designed to go down the field, well when you can't run or pass block that isn't gonna happen with any rate of success. The first guy on the unemployment line should be him. Coughlin has stayed loyal to him for way too long

Whoa whoa whoa! I have read enough! Listen Eli has played lousy and that is on him but being a qb you have to have wrs, the and an offensive line. The giants need better play at those positions. Listen if his giant fans want to turn their back on Eli good go ahead because you won't win a championship again for a long time. Everyone keeps saying they want this qb and that. Those are the qb flavors of the month. When the post season starts only one qb wins and I'm putting my basket in a qb that has one 2 and will win 2 more in Eli. Eli loves football. The man has never missed a game, that is so unrated and we need him as giants fans. I think the offense needs a fresh start for scheming their offense. I don't understand why the giants don't throw underneath more and inside like Peyton and Brady do. Give Eli a rhythm and turn the tempo up on offense. Stop calling the plays so late from the sidelines. Eli just needs to work on his mechanics and accuracy. I still have faith in Eli. People say his 2 Super Bowl victories were lucky. Well he also played Tampa Bay, The cowboys and Brett Favre and the Packers on the road in his first Super Bowl. Where those games lucky wins too. Or for his second Super Bowl, he beat the Falcons at home and Aaron Rodgers, and the 49ers on the road. I guess those games were lucky and don't count. Listen the Giants need to retool and reload. Bye bye Tuck and Nicks hello new faces and fix the O line, D line and please get a real tight end. Eli misses having a tight end

And if LT was coaching he would have changed what exactly? The offensive line was beaten like pinada by a much faster and more talented group of Seahawk players. Coughlin got more out of this team than I expected. Eli is having a bad year playing behind a porous offensive line, 5th string running backs most of the time and a MIA receiver. He may need to restructure that contract to help this team. And it may be time to admit that the Giants are in rebuilding mode and need to gut the team and start again with the basics like Cruz, Manning, JPP, Rolle and a handful of others.

After watching every Giant game ( except the Seahawk game ) I'm not surprised. Also thought a 7-9 finish would be a minor miracle. Rolle is one of the few G-Men that always plays his butt off. We need about 20 more like him and maybe our team wouldn't have been shut out at home.

The problem with the G-men isn't any one player but the GM and the coaching staff. Mara and Tisch need to replace Reese with a really competent football talent evaluator and then let him revamp the coaching staff as well as the team. Tom Coughlin? I'm a big fan but there comes a time for everyone to take an honorable retirement. As for Eli, he is our franchise QR for better or worse and isn't going anywhere, so what he needs is coaching and planning to capitalize on his talents, which he obviously isn't getting now.

Wasn't the "hurry-up" offense s'posed to create some urgency, some rhythm, some zip for the offense? It was used effectively a couple of years ago early in games -- with comments about how good Eli was at running it. Where has it been for the last two years? Plenty of other teams in the NFL use it well -- and not just in the last five minutes. Why has it been scrapped from the Giants repertoire? Certainly they've needed a sense of urgency over the last three weeks, particularly. With an offense so flat, wouldn't it be a no-brainer to go no-huddle? Giants have become way too ponderous on offense. In fact, it seems to border on arrogance. What, me hurry? Yeah, you, pal. Look at the scoreboard!

Listening in on the radio, the D was tough and played well. The O had no pulse. The problem is not Eli, it's the receivers who can't catch and whose hands have turned to stone. How many dropped passes this year starting in the first game of the season? Tired of watching highlight clips of every team passing the ball and the Giants always dropping balls right in their hands. How do you get any rhythm going without a running game and receivers focused on the contracts they just got or do not have. The only offensive player who tries and is worth keeping is Eli.

Finally, a sign of life from the Giants. This team has been leaderless for far too long, and it's killing them now. Nice to see someone finally step up and call out the horrendous performance. Coughlin used to call the team out, but he's just going through the motions at this point w/ the 'we worked hard but came up short' and 'I didn't prepare them' excuses. It used to be he'd be boiling mad during a post-game press conference, but no longer - he's lost the fire, too. Do the honorable thing and retire - you've had a great run, Mr. Coughlin. Once he starts the process, the much needed housecleaning can begin in earnest.

Only a jet fan or a moron (same difference) would blame Eli. 2 superbowl rings, MVP, winning seasons year after year. There was no O line this year. NONE. Due to injury or whatever, Eli has been running for his life every week trying to throw passes to Receivers who run wrong routes, easy drops, not running with any life. What else can the man do. All you Jet fans can take comfort in your joke of a franchise that doesn't actually have a QB or a coach who knows what and o-line looks like.

Jealousy is ugly but understandable coming from fans of a franchise that hasn't won anything since 1969. You can bet Big Blue will right this ship and another Championship will be coming sooner than later. Certainly sooner than Gang "Green with envy" will see one.

Time to clean house. 4 out of five years out of the playoffs. Why does Coughlin keep getting a pass ? Reese has to take a bunch of the blame for this season. Kevin Kill the drive has gotten stale and needs to go. Fewell same deal. When a coach has been with a team for a long time, you eventually reach a point of diminshing returns. Very similar to Fassel's tenure. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE !!!

Give Eli the rest of the season off. Why risk getting him injured? Let's hope a couple good draft picks and a couple good signings can get us back in the hunt next year. I know they like to say injuries are not an excuse, but I think injuries hurt us a lot this year.

Looks like our guys are packing it in. Maybe time to put Eli on the shelf to do some soul searching and reflection. Let Painter deal with that impenitent offense. On the bright side we could all be Dallas fans. How bout them Cowboys?

Aw, isn't it adorable when the losers hiding under their rocks suddenly come out to bash a champ? It's very odd how this article never once mentions the horrific Oline. Did the writer watch the game? I'm suspicious. It's clear the nutcases commenting here, didn't watch the game.

It's very clear, though, that the Maras have a huge problem. Reese has failed spectacularly to protect the franchise. Eli Manning can carry a big load, and he has. But this Oline is a jailbreak and his receivers have gotten sloppy and soft. And Gilbride needs to go. It's time.

It's rare to see the Giants play with no heart like this. I don't know what's going on in the NY locker room other than Eli seems to have lost the ability to quarterback the past two years. He should have been benched by the fifth game of the season, just to send a message that he is not untouchable despite the two rings. We wouldn't be in any worse shape with the backup QB in.

time for Manning to go. Don't care where, just go. most over-rated, luckiest qb in giants' history. never liked him after he pulled that cry-baby stuff refusing to play for San Diego. Any chance of getting Rivers back ?

Lets all bury Eli........... All of you as need to know its the coach, coordinators and Reese that deserve to be thrown under the bus. Eli would be successful on any team in 1st place. This is a TEAM game. The Giants need to clean house!!

The most over-rated QB in recent history can thank the Giants for putting great teams on the field in past years so that he could win Super Bowls. He was never more than a mediocre QB who did enough not to lose. Now, with a weak team behind him his true lack of ability shows.

It's embarrassing they left Eli in for garbage time to throw a couple more picks. What a humiliating day for Big Blue. This team needs to clean house, both in terms of players and coaching. They're not competitive or close to being so.

@rob pinta Joe Beason plays pretty hard too. The defense did not play bad, when your offensive line is not run blocking or pass protecting worth a darn, you will have problems. Eli??? Well you know he never gets blamed for anything and will never take ownership of his poor play.

@mark b It's never Eli's fault? Watch film and look at his ball placement. He is throwing a go route on two of his picks and he throws the ball inside of the receiver where the DB has a great shot at picking off the pass. If he is throwing a go route he has to place the ball to the outside shoulder of the pass receiver. That is QB 101. It all starts with the QB and he makes throws off of his back foot all the time and even continues to close his eyes prior to being hit. He is an NFL Starting QB and cannot continue to make mistake after mistake and never take ownership of it. When he was named Super Bowl MVP (Twice) he took ownership of that, so why not do the same now?

Great teams? Are you mentally challenged? Eli carried the team to his SECOND SB MVP with the 32nd ranked run game. What on earth are you talking about? Lol. Give him even slightly below average protection and he can carry the team. He has.